Power Up Your Salads, Mario Style

A tool to make tangy oldschool Nintendo snacks

Just in time for Nintendo's anxiously awaited (and slightly confusing) new Switch presentation, product designer Avichai Tadmor is here to serve us some refreshing OG Mario style. His product, the Ravanello, spins sharp and tangy radishes into cool power-up mushrooms with a few quick twists.

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The tool shaves the radish "stem" much like a pencil, and the tip of the tool neatly notches out those magic mushroom dots. The result is a silly but fun presentation for an often overlooked veggie, perfect for salads, kids' lunches, or preparing to smash through brick walls like a tiny plumber.

Much like the Switch the Ravanello won't ship for a few weeks, but unlike the Switch it's a cheap level up with little room for awkward surprises.

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